Chelsea and Arsenal last year, it has emerged. PSG were also in the hunt for the 20-year-old talent, who only moved to the Bernabeu from Flamengo in 2018.La Liga champions Real forked out around £39m to sign him from the Brazilian outfit.And their confidence in the attacker is so big that a £630m release clause was inserted into his contract in Madrid.Clubs can still sign him for less than that figure, though, if they agree a fee with Real.And Arsenal were looking at Vinicius Jr during Unai Emery’s time in charge.Their interest stems back to over a year ago, prior to Mikel Arteta taking over at the Emirates Stadium.Arsenal made an approach, as did French giants and Ligue 1 champions PSG, but no move to either side materialised.The Gunners.
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